Going out

Book tour: The Good Morning America Book Club Tour brings in rising authors Ann Packer and Julia Glass to sign and discuss their feel-good novels The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Three Junes. 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

Theater: Northern Kentucky University Theater opens Christopher Durang's dark and comedic off-off-Broadway hit Baby with the Bathwater, all about the turmoils of parenthood. 8 p.m. today, Black Box Theater, NKU, Highland Heights, $6-$10. (859) 572-5464.

Psychedelia: Underground favorites the Legendary Pink Dots bring their trippy and philosophical art rock to the 20th Century. 8 p.m. today, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, $10-$12. 562-4949.

Halloween nights: Parky's Farm at Winton Woods dishes up a semi-spooky evening for families with a Halloween-themed light display, farm animals and more. 6-10 p.m. today, 10073 Daly Road, Springfield Township, $4, free under age 3. 521-7275.

Staying in

TV pick: Nielsen has spoken: ABC extinguishes the flame for Ben Affleck's Push, Nevada after today's episode (9-10 p.m., Channels 9, 2) which will include clues for the $1 million prize from six episodes that will never air as IRS agent Jim Prufrock (Derek Cecil) wraps up his casino audit and takes a promotion in Carson City.

Critic John Kiesewetter also says members of a secret alliance fear exposure on Survivor: Thailand (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

The goods

Telling time: Quickly, before they play around with the clocks Sunday. The Emerson SmartSet clock radio has cutting edge technology that resets itself twice a year. And that's not all: You never have to set it, even after a power outage. Just plug it in and it's pre-programmed for 99 years. It's $37.95 at Wal-Mart and other stores. Visit www.emersonradio.com.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: The Miami University Men's Glee Club swings into two nights of a capella favorites, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Hall Auditorium, Oxford, $5. (513) 529-3200.

48 hours out: The Cincinnati Preservation Association offers a walking tour of Over-the-Rhine with emphasis on historic structures and lost landmarks. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, leaving from Kaldi's coffeehouse, 1204 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, $5-$10 (reservation required). 721-4506.

72 hours 'til Sunday: The Charlie Daniels Band performs a benefit concert for the LifeCenter, an organization devoted to organ and tissue donation, 7 p.m., Music Hall, $15-$45. 241-7469.

Jim Knippenberg

E-mail jknippenberg@enquirer.com; phone: 768- 8513; fax: 768-8330.